Cover Art (was: Re: Newbie)

jason varsoke (jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com)
Fri, 19 Nov 1999 10:38:32 -0500 (EST) 

Cam,
   I'm really surprised that you didn't mention the most classic of CITR
covers, the red one.  It's a rusty red with yellow letters for the title.
I think it was Little Brown's choice cover for the book from 60's to 90's.
I'm not sure why they went to black and white with that hidious rainbow in
the corner.  If you ask me, that's purely a F&Z cover, if I ever saw one.
But CITR will always be that rusty red, reminincent of his hunting cap.
My copy is falling apart.  The glue in the spine evaporated on my first
reading.  It's never been the same, and I can't figure out where page 84
is for the life of me.

-j


On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Camille Scaysbrook wrote:

> CITR covers. Ah, now that's an interesting topic. The first copy I ever read
> was a standard silver `Penguin Classics' cover which had been hardbound by
> some enterprising librarian many years previously (my personal copy of
> Franny and Zooey is the same - bought it from the Sydney University second
> hand bookshop for $4). It seemed to emanate a magical glow and boy, did I
> have a hard time giving it back to the library! I have two copies of my
> own - one pale yellow, one absolutely darling one that someone has pasted a
> little cover over and punched `TCITR' out in label-maker tape. I augmented
> it with a poem of my own in the back pages.
> 
> I've always heard how corny the photo on the first American edition was.
> What did it look like? The illustration that accompanied `I'm Crazy' was
> pretty bizarre, in the face of what the book became later on it was like
> getting Norman Rockwell to illustrate Catch-22. Now here's something scary
> for you Yanks. The standard cover with the little rainbow in the corner is
> completely unknown in Australia. Strangely enough, I've never seen a copy
> with the dedication (`To My Mother').
> 
> Camille
> 
> > Does this really work? I've been trying to get on this
> > list for some time now.  Send a message anyone or
> > everyone ... just release me from my boredom.
> >
> > What jacket covers of CITR do you guys have? I only
> > have the white one and the hardcover. Where do you get
> > that red paperback? What are you thoughts on Jane? Do
> > you ever go to your college campus library and just
> > check if Catcher is on the shelf? Or just check if it
> > is in the bookstore shelves? Do you ever feel that
> > you're just a stranger in a strange place, like
> > there's other people who think like you but aren't
> > showing themselves?
> >
> >
> > Well feel free to email just to let me know this
> > mailing list is actually working. Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Maralt
> >
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